Milena Moser: Flowers in Your Hair

Wie man in San Francisco glücklich wird. D 2008, 286 S., geb. , € 18.45
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Blessing
Die Autorin von »Die Putzfraueninsel« und »Das Schlampenbuch« nimmt ihre Leser mit auf eine Reise nach San Francisco. Selbstverständlich traf sie dort auch auf viele Schwule, Lesben, Bisexuelle und Transgenderpersonen - etwas, das im Epizentrum globaler Homo-Kultur - dem Castro Bezirk - so gut wie nicht zu vermeiden ist, selbst wenn man es wollte. Dort lernte die Autorin einige Lektionen ... Weiterlesen

Katherine V. Forrest, Jim van Buskirk (eds.): Love, Castro Street

USA 2007, 288 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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Because San Francisco has seemingly always been a leading city for both cultural and societal change, it's only natural that there is good literature about the gay scene there. Castro Street has always played a major role in the shaping of gay identity - it's as mythological as it's real. Castro Street has always been a home - both ideological ... Weiterlesen

M. Christian: The Very Bloody Marys

USA 2007, 172 pp., brochure, € 12.20
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A gang of Vespa-riding vampires are killing San Franciscans so indiscriminately they threaten to not only drain the city dry but risk the discovery of vampires everywhere. Gay vampire cop Valentino is called upon to stop the group calling themselves »The Very Bloody Marys« before the situation gets worse. Unfortunately, it already has. You see, Valentino is still only a ... Weiterlesen

William Lipsky: Gay and Lesbian San Francisco

USA 2006, 127 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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In modern times, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are personified in the city by the bay. The tumultuous and ongoing struggles for this community's civil rights from the 1950s to the present are well documented, but queer culture itself goes back much further than that, ... Weiterlesen

Jack Fritscher: Some Dance to Remember

USA 2005, 439 pp., brochure, € 26.70
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This memoir novel of San Francisco in the 1970s and the early 1980s is one classic of gay literature, seen from the perspective of an eyewitness. This epic of San Francisco's Castro seethes with sex, drugs, panic, and passionate characters: a gay writer, a drop-dead gorgeous bodybuilder, a cabaret singer, a Vietnam vet, a Hollywood bitch, and a rough-trade porn ... Weiterlesen

Billy Weber / David Weissman: The Cockettes

USA 2004, OF, 100 Min., € 14.99
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Founded on New Year's Eve, 1969 by George Harris, aka »Hibiscus«, the Cockettes were a troupe of flamboyant hippy drag performers who took San Francisco by storm. Over the next two and a half years they created 20 outrageous and colourful shows (with titles like »A Crab on Uranus Means You're Loved«) and several films, culminating in an off-Broadway show ... Weiterlesen

Kevin Bentley: Wild Animals I Have Known

USA 2002, 270 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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In the late 70s there was a massive migration of young gay men to San Francisco. They left home in droves, traveling by plane, bus, Pinto or Volkswagen towards a life free from discrimination. Struggling to make ends meet, many worked in bookstores and restaurants, all the while taking advantage of a scene of sexual hedonism. The author is both ... Weiterlesen